ArtyStART Monday: Mermaid in Progress
It’s been a wild rumpus of a summer so far full of deadlines, new product releases, family fun and HO– USE CONSTRUCTION. Yep, the sound of banging hammers and debris almost daily has been part of the summer rumpus around here. Whoosh! So, I’ve had this big honkin’ 36×36 canvas staring at me for awhile […]
Losing Sight of the Shore
I’ve blurfed on blogging for a bit. It happens. The wild summer rumpus has started and a workload has taken over. I have a little re-cap to share of this amazingsauce day I had with some seriously fun chicks. We shared an entire day of mixed media together and I’m editing all the pics I […]
ArtyStART Monday: SoulGraffiti
It’s Monday and my blogging skillz last week were SLACKERIFIC. Whoosh BANG, it was a RUMPUS of a week. So, let’s get this week started off with a little bit of COLOR LOVE. More PEERLESS Perfection. FREESTYLIN’ with a little something I like to call SoulGraffiti. I whipped up this little beauty in the ole […]
Let the Wild Rumpus Start!
Oh, it’s on…last day of school. And a full summer’s worth of work in the studio means only one thing…. A WILD RUMPUS is about to begin! For all of my designer, artist, web developer, students, friends, peeps who follow this blog and colleagues who balance their summer with a WILD RUMPUS in full swing, […]
ArtyStart Monday: Powered by MOJO
So, I was on the road all weekend…and I had this amazing idea for a SEA inspired illustration that I was itchy twitchy to create. Before, we left, I was diligent. I packed up my sketchbook and my peerless… Inspiration struck and I was ready to draw… and BLURF… NO Waterbrush. NO paintbrush. Wha? I […]
Jackin’ it Up and Being Brave
I’ve been busy. Crazysauce busy. Who isn’t right? New designs, new artsy pants creating, new product, a whole lotta NEW. I’ve been stepping out and venturing a new course and it occurred to me… I’m just diving in full throttle. And… It’s all good. So, when I saw this quote, it gave me pause and […]
It’s Friday: It’s a Freebie… It’s Pink and Layerlicious… Boom!
I like to make up words. And sing them like rap songs. My rhymes aren’t the shizz, but they induce laughter and interesting stares. So, it’s all good. 🙂 So… yesterday, I took a pic of a PEONY in my yard. Every year, I say I’m going to rip that thing OUT and plant it […]
Peerless Watercolors… THE SHIZZ!
Peerless Watercolors are the SHIZZ! Yep, I just said it. Amazing sheets of color goodness, highly concentrated, simply transparent and so, so, so INTENSE. Working with them = pure artsypants JOY! I’ve used them in works HERE. HERE. HERE. and so many other places on this blog. This is my favorite piece of art that […]
Mixed Media Madness is Coming!
There’s a HUGE mixed media class coming up this month at PHOTOSCRAPS. PhotoScraps Owner, Tracy Beck and I are teaming up for the day to share some of our favorite messy art techniques. If you’re local and interested in seeing what all the shizz is all about using different mediums this all-day workshop is for […]
ArtyStART Monday: Texture and Dimension, Image Transfer, Lilacs… WHOOSH!
Hello Monday! Ready for a little watercolor inspiration! On Friday, I shared a little FREEBIE digi. If you missed it, you can find it here. I really love that little line art illustration and wanted to have a little fun with it in the ole watercolor journal. AND… give you and idea of how to […]
